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How long does Malé have before that happens? It depends. At present the global rate of increase is between 2 mm and 3 mm a year, around a tenth of an inch, meaning it will take about a century to produce a 1-ft. rise. This is cause for concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Waters Are Rising | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

These islands are extremely dynamic, continuously changing shape in response to shifts in the monsoon winds. Each year, in fact, sand swirls around with the waves; beaches grow in one season and shrink in the next; and this process has been going on for a very long time. Geographer Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Waters Are Rising | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

"It sure scared us," said Flight Director Cleon Lacefield. Less than six minutes after launch last week, while the space shuttle Challenger's speed remained well below the velocity of 17,500 m.p.h. that it must achieve to go into orbit, onboard computers shut down one of its three main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Aug 12, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Curran estimates that for each of the 12,000 cases of AIDS reported so far in the U.S., there are at least five to ten cases of ARC. Sample studies based on blood tests suggest that an additional 500,000 to 1 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the virus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: A Growing Threat | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Naturally, there was intense curiosity among the journalists over the details of the conclave at which some 117 cardinals - at least those of them healthy enough to make the trip to Rome - will choose a successor to Pope John Paul II. That event will begin some fifteen to twenty days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vatican Diary: A New Papacy Begins | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

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